Figure 3 in Kleptoparasitic flies and jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)

Figure 3. Kleptoparasitic flies and spiders in Karnataka (1-7) and South Carolina (8-9). 1, Gall gnats (Cecidomyiidae: Didactylomyia sp.) in a web shared by two theridiid spider species, one a molting female (bottom), and the other (male and female, above) smaller. 2-3, Fly on abdomen of Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, captured by a thomisid spider, Amyciaea forticeps (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1873). A. forticeps is a specialised mimic of the ants that it preys upon (Mathew 1954; Sunil Jose st al. 2003). 4, Gall gnats (arrows) with a sparassid, Heteropoda sp. 5, Gall gnats feeding on the prey of a ctenid. 6-7, Flies feeding on the wrapped prey of a hersiliid spider. 8-9, Milichiid flies feeding on wasps (Vespula sp.) held by female oxyopids, Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832). Note the attending male in (9). Photos 8-9 by David E. Hill.